Fluidic circuits add analog options for controlling soft robots
Soft robotics researchers from Rice and Harvard have created a nonelectronic control system that uses air to process information.
Glasscock School celebrates 55 years of sharing Rice with the community
The Glasscock School and Rice leaders celebrated 55 years with a Sept. 22 party at the Anderson-Clarke Center.
$50M Kinder Foundation grant will expand Kinder Institute’s work to solve challenges facing Houston
A new $50 million grant from the Kinder Foundation will empower Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research as it focuses on a bold vision for “inclusive prosperity” — ensuring that everyone can contribute to Houston's success and share in its opportunities.
RNA-editing tool a fast, sensitive test for COVID-19
Researchers at Rice University and the University of Connecticut modify a gene editing tool to serve as a highly sensitive diagnostic test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Rice lab grows macroscale, modular materials from bacteria
Rice bioscientists have created bacteria that self-assembles into a material like putty that could soak up pollutants.
Bird’s enzyme points toward novel therapies
Rice University chemists find a rare genetic pathway that helps mammalian cells become drug factories or sensors by synthesizing noncanonical amino acids. The clues came from an uncommon bird.
On Sept. 15, Rice’s School of Social Sciences hosted the semester’s first “Research Relay,” providing an informal setting to allow faculty to learn about each other’s research, promote informal discussions and stimulate collaborations.
Solvent study solves solar cell durability puzzle
Rice engineers simplify the manufacture of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells.
Rice Architecture breaks ground for Cannady Hall
Rice University breaks ground for William T. Cannady Hall, a 25,000-square-foot building that will serve the renowned Rice School of Architecture.
Physicists demo method for designing topological metals
Rice physicists and collaborators have demonstrated a new method for predicting whether metallic compounds are likely to host topological states that arise from strong electron interactions.
Interwoven: Charge and magnetism intertwine in kagome material
Rice physicists have discovered a quantum material where electrons engage in a collective dance that appears to be governed by both their electronic and magnetic natures.
The space selfie – a Spelfie, as it’s called – drew hundreds to Rice Stadium.
COVID-19 amplified hardship for many Harvey victims
A study shows the economic and mental health consequences on victims of Hurricane Harvey and COVID-19 were cumulative.
JFK: We will go to the moon. NASA: We will go farther
NASA and Rice celebrate the 60th anniversary of JFK's moon speech with a promise that his goal was just a beginning.
Rice rises to No. 15 in US News rankings
Rice has risen to No. 15 among the nation’s top universities ranked in the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges” guidebook.